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FS2004

With the Memorial Day holiday weekend almost here, the FS Pilot Shop announces its big sale, extending to over 40 publishers and hundreds of products. Now is the time to stock up on some great flight simulator products for 2018.

Flight simulator scenery of Kuching International Airport 2018 WBGG is now available for FS2004, FSX and Prepar3D from MFSG. It features a highly detailed airport, photoscenery terrain, new terrain mesh, static vehicles and more.

Now at the FS Pilot Shop from AFS Design is the Eurofighter Pro 6 for FS2004. The Eurofighter is a single-seat, twin-engine, agile combat aircraft used in the air-to-air, air-to-ground and tactical reconnaissance roles. It comes with a variety of liveries and is loaded with features.

Benoit Plamondon has just released new freeware sound packs for the Pratt & Whitney 4060 engines as used in the Boeing 747-400 and 767-200/300 jetliners. These packs for FS2004 and FSX are now available for download.

Spring has sprung along with the annual sale at the FSPilotShop. Save up to 50% on your favorite titles. Plus, be on the lookout for a couple of great deals that are even more than 50%, including FlightSoft bundles for only $45, Instructor Station 75% off and 60% Off NextGen Scenery!

The 6th annual FlightSimCon convention announces initial sponsors, speakers, highlights and exhibitors for the 2018 event to be held in June in Dallas. For the first time,
FlightSimCon is being joined by Cockpit-Fest USA, an annual event for
cockpit enthusiasts with roots dating back to 1999. Top tier sponsor has been announced to be Gleim Aviation, well known for their pilot training materials.

Today we have the pleasure on interviewing Milton Shupe who over the past sixteen years has provided us with a large quantity of nice prop aircraft to fly in FS2004, FSX and Prepar3D. Milton talks about his inspirations, the tools he uses and how he works with a variety of people to create aircraft.

Internationally reknowned flightsim sound engineer Benoit Plamondon has the pleasure of releasing his latest freeware projects: P&W JT9D sound packs for the Boeing 747-100/200/300/SP and the Boeing 767-200/300. This project represents more than two years of development work and has been compiled using only the very best interior and exterior real world recordings.

FlightSim Commander 10 from Aerosoft is a professional flight planner, GPS, moving map and navigation tool for FS2004 and FSX. Use the Moving Map function to follow your aircraft's or the AI aircraft movements. FlightSim Commander can be used on a separate PC via a network link, using "WideFS".

During 2018 there will actually be two Cockpit-Fest USA events. "Warbirds On Parade 2018" will be held at the Cold War Air Museum in September. Cockpit-Fest USA will also team up with FlightSimCon which is holding their sixth annual flight simulator conference in Dallas during June.

Carenado is again ahead of the pack, running their holiday sale on flight simulator products from now through December 17th. FSX/P3D titles are 30% to 70% off. FS2004 planes are 80% off. X-Plane 10 titles are 50% off. Visit the FS Pilot Shop now to save on Carenado products.

Systems Unlimited announces that on this eighth anniversary of the first release of FSCaptain they are releasing the newest version 1.8.0. This version offers a wealth of exciting features for Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) simulation - as well as a new assignments system that opens up FSCaptain to a whole new world of aviation adventures beyond scheduled and charter flights.

Now available from AFS-Design is their FS2004 version of the Airbus A380 Family. Included are the A380 and A380F with a wide variety of liveries. All models include a fully functional glass cockpit with Flight Management Computer (FMC).

Virtavia offers FS2004 and FSX pilots a rather unique plane with the B-36 Peacemaker, the mega-bomber from the 1950s. It's an older model and as reviewer Michael Hayward observes thus does not live up to modern standards. Most difficult is that MSFS cannot accurately model the 6 or 10 engines the plane carries. Still, it has its merits for those interested in this historic aircraft.